Under the provisions of the Law on Social Insurance 2014, employees (employees) who get sick, accidents that are not in the case of occupational accidents and certified by competent health facilities will be entitled to sickness benefits (also applicable to those who have to take time off work to care for a sick child under 7 years old).

Thus, in case the employee take sick leave due to a flu... if certified by the hospital, he / she is entitled to the sickness benefit as prescribed. However, many employees do not know this and often ignore their rights.

1. Time to enjoy sickness benefit

- Working under normal conditions, he / she is entitled to a maximum of 30 days if he / she has paid social insurance premiums for less than 15 years; maximum of 40 days if paying from full 15 to less than 30 years; maximum 60 days if paying full 30 years or more;

- Working in heavy, hazardous, dangerous or extremely heavy, toxic or dangerous jobs that on the list promulgated or worked by the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs or the Ministry of Health. regional allowance coefficient of 0.7 or more is entitled to a maximum of 40 days if he / she has paid social insurance for less than 15 years; maximum 50 days if paying from full 15 to under 30 years; maximum 70 days if paid for full 30 years or more.